Burhead
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Well I just threw Texas out there because that's what I've been reading a lot on here and on the web.
If Texas wont leave the B10 twith the BTN $$ they won't join a much tougher SEC
Texas is by far THE biggest cash cow in the college landscape, and they are not joining the SEC.lol, yeah but it's mainly cause they're one of the biggest cash cows (and alot also think about expansion as adding good teams, not the financial issue that it really is)
Texas is by far THE biggest cash cow in the college landscape, and they are not joining the SEC.
After posting, discussing and pondering it, my guess is that the Big XII South stays relatively in tact and adds teams while most of the North Division is absorbed into the Pac-10 and Big Ten.
Even adding two teams the Pac-10 would still be good enough and carry enough tradition to be included in the group of "elite conferences" though it would put them at the bottom of the totem pole. hahaI agree with you to an extent, Milo, but I think their hand may be forced (even if the Pac10 would prefer to stay as it is), if the BigTen, SEC, and ACC expand, it seems like they would have to as well just to stay relevant.
I'm sure there are plenty in the BigTen that don't want to add Missouri (who is academically lesser than traditional BigTen teams), but its not going to stop them.
Memphis is the only one I might buy. Tulane is a cadaver of an athletics program that happens to be in a large market, and I can pretty much guarantee you that UA and ASU are staying put in the Pac-10 instead of joining a league as bottom/middle of the totem pole on team payout with Oklahoma and Texas around.
I agree with you on Tulane, but I just don't see any other major markets that are within Big 12's reach. Maybe Salt Lake with BYU or Utah.
TCU in Fort Worth. Though, I'd imagine that since Dallas is such a huge city that most people that have moved there have kept their allegiance or picked up UT or OU.
Also, I don't see TCU leaving the Mountain West.
You don't think they'd join a major conference if given the opportunity?
Rivals/Yahoo guy apparently reporting that Vandy is among the teams the Big 10 is considering. Why they would want Vandy is beyond me, but I hope they take them. That would give us room for three expansion spots in the SEC if we were to expand to 14 teams...
I'd bet that if we do expand, West Virginia is certainly one of the three. Their coach has even publicly mentioned his desire to join the SEC, so you know their AD and President have to be lobbying for it. And they bring a lot to the table with a large, passionate fan base that travels, an excellent football team (all time winningest program to not have a national championship, I think 11th or 12th in all time wins), and of course they'd immediately improve SEC basketball. They also open us up to exposure in the northeast, with the Pittsburgh and DC media markets.
Who the other team would be is beyond me... Chris Fowler has apparently stated that the SEC has met with FSU, Miami, WVU, and GT... I wouldn't mind having FSU, but I'm not excited about Miami or GT.
I don't see Vandy leaving the SEC. They would have to be making a lot more $ to leave, especially when you consider the amount of traveling involved.
FSU seems the best fit to me for the SEC, but if you're just looking at $, it wouldn't expand the SEC's market much except for furthering the SEC's dominance in the state of Florida.